Autumn in Baltimore is lovely. It’s still warm enough to be outside, and the falling leaves are absolutely beautiful. Weddings are becoming more and more popular during that time too, especially around Charm City.
Jaime and Andrew met on October 21, 2006 at Magerks Pub in Federal Hill. It was a big day in Baltimore – Jaime had just run for Race for the Cure that morning and Andrew had spent the day at the Red Bull Flugtag when Baltimore hosted the event. The story goes, Andrew pointed his future wife out as soon as he walked in the bar. They talked all night, and have been together ever since. It was love at first sight.
On May 6, 2008, Andrew proposed to Jaime on top of Federal Hill over looking the Inner Harbor, to which she of course, said ”yes”.
Federal Hill has a lot of meaning to the couple. It’s where they met, got engaged, so it was only fitting they tie the knot in one of Baltimore’s finest neighborhoods. On October 10, 2009 at Holy Cross Church in Federal Hill they were married.
The makeup artist as well as the hair stylist (Ashley Riddle of Up-Dos for I-Do’s did Jaime’s hair while Laura Vaeth from MAC Towson did her make-up) came to her hotel room at The Hampton Inn on the wedding day to do hair/makeup for the bride and bridesmaids. Andrew’s family is from Boston, MA. so a lot of the guests were from out of town. We did a room block for convenience and everyone stayed at The Hampton Inn. The couple enjoyed the Mahogany Suite.
The theme was polka dots. Black with small white polka dots, along with accents of pink throughout the wedding. Jaime found a pair of polka dot high heels by Guess and they became the inspiration. The bridesmaids wore the Guess high heels on the wedding day with black dresses.
She also bought polka dot ribbon for the florist, Crimson and Clover, to use around the stems of the bouquets and boutonnieres which were made up of beautiful fuchsia pink roses. Polka dot ribbon was also found on the menus and programs, and a flower clip was created for her hair with Guinea feathers, which are naturally black with white dots.
In lieu of favors, the couple made a donation to BARCS (Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter). A little dog bone was placed at each setting, with a little pink ribbon and a tag saying that a donation had been made to BARCS in lieu of favors. Animal rescue is very important to them as they have have a dog, Tank, who is spoiled and loved dearly.
Each table was named for a part of the city, and to go along with that the table incorporated a place card with the name of the location, a picture of the location and a few sentences about the history of the location and how the place relates to the couple. For example, one of the tables was “Fort McHenry”, the birth place of the Star Spangled Banner and the place they like to take Tank for long walks.
Both Jaime and Andrew together, made all of the programs, the guest name/place cards, the menus, and the table “numbers”.
The reception was at The Baltimore Museum of Industry- a fun and unique venue. It’s on the water, has an amazing view of the city, lots of space, and “the inside is awesome” says Jaime, “full of history and details about Baltimore. Our guests are still talking about what a great place the BMI was.”
Sugarbakers did the cake while the Atlantic Catering Company did the food for the event. The main course was a sit down dinner of fillet mignon and MD crab cakes, of course!
Vanessa Ard, of Vanessa’s Photography took all the wonderful photos. To Jaime, the photography was very important. She was looking for a professional photographer with a certain style, creativity and the ability to really capture the moment. Vanessa gave them everything they asked for and so much more.
Looks like they had an amazing time and was so happy to have Jaime and Andrew share their day with Charm City Bride! Congratulations you two!
